The Amazon is the widest river in the world. Many kilometers from its mouth it can be as wide as 11 kilometers, and 40 kilometers in the wet season; at the place where it meets the Atlantic, it is as much as 325 kilometers.
World's widest tunnel
The world's widest Yangtze River tunnel with an inner diameter of 13.7 meters located under the Yangtze River in Shanghai. The 8.9-km tunnel is part of a 12.6 billion yuan ($1.84 billion) bridge and tunnel project to link Shanghai with Chongming Island, the country's third largest after Taiwan and Hainan.
World's furthest eyeball popper
Kim Goodman who live in USA can pop her eyeballs to a protrusion of 12 mm (0.47 in) beyond her eye sockets. Congrats!
World's the most pierced woman
Most pierced woman named Elaine Davidson have total of 720 piercings (by now probably even more)! Elaine Davidson lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
World's loudest burp
The world's loudest burp measured from a distance of 2.5 m and 1 m high, read 104.9 dB on a certified and calibrated class 1 precision measuring noise level meter, and was achieved by Paul Hunn (UK).
World's longest aerobics class marathon
The longest aerobics marathon is 24 hours and was performed by Duberney Trujillo (Colombia) in the car park of Olimpica Mall, Dosquebradas, Colombia on February 26-27, 2005.
World's coldest capital city
It is a city in Mongolia called Ulaanbaatar, with an average annual chilly temperature of 29.7°F and -1.3°C. Only then becomes Moscow in Russia with temperature 39.4°F/4.1°C
World's brightest bike light
Blindingly bright light that retails for as much as $1,185 is called "Betty". The Betty, made by Germany's Lupine Lighting Systems, generates so much heat that if a rider isn't moving fast enough to create wind, the light will automatically start dimming itself to prevent the light from overheating. At 1,400 lumens, it's about as bright as a car's headlight, the company says.
World's largest tea museum
Taiwan is the location what is reputed to be the world's largest tea museum - the Pinglin Tea Industry Museum which opened on January 12, 1997. The museum, located in the green hills of Pinglin in Taipei county, took eight years and US$10 million to complete.
World's largest thermometer
Spotted from the Interstate between Barstow and Las Vegas, the world's tallest thermometer has a digital readout that displays the outside temperature. It is 134 feet high, the same number as the highest air temperature ever recorded in North America, measured in 1934 at nearby Death Valley.
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